ACCENT
/ˈak.sənt/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 13
Definition
- verb to stress, single out as important.
— synonyms: stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accentuate
- verb put stress on.
— synonyms: stress, accentuate
- noun distinctive manner of oral expression.
— synonyms: speech_pattern
- noun special importance or significance.
— synonyms: emphasis
- noun the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
— synonyms: dialect, idiom
- noun the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch).
— synonyms: stress, emphasis
- noun a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation.
— synonyms: accent_mark
Examples
- “In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.”
- “At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.”
- “The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.”
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